The mage arrives

"What a pity." Gordon looked at the tiefling assassin lying in a pool of blood.

"Brother, although I admit that she has a good figure, you don't have to feel sorry for her all the time..." Xiona compared the dead assassin with her own chest, feeling a little frustrated in her heart.

"Little girl, where do you want to go..." Gordon tapped Xiona on the forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "This female assassin is very powerful, and she is a special race like tiefling. I think she may have a lot of background. I also want to try to capture him alive and see if I can torture him for anything."

Xiona lowered her voice: "I thought brother, since Shelley left, you felt lonely without a woman by your side..."

"Do I really look that horny?" Gordon wondered.In fact, he has done his best, and after he came to this world, he has only had substantive relationships with three women.Two of them are still romantically involved, and only Shelley can be regarded as a more formal girlfriend, or lover.

Compared with the ethos of the aristocratic class he lives in, he can already be regarded as very clean.

Xiona's swordsmanship is becoming more and more perfect now, swift and sharp.It's just that her swordsmanship is inherited from her father's military martial arts, and it was mainly tempered on the battlefield of Gaoyan City, so she looks full of murderousness, and she goes straight to the vital point when she makes a move, which is not easy to retract.

Just now she shot to kill the tiefling female assassin, the speed was too fast, just as Gordon stopped her, the fine gold long sword pierced through the opponent's chest.

But if you kill it, you kill it, it's not a big deal.

Gordon sent someone to dispose of the female assassin's body.Because this room was messed up by the fight just now.So he arranged another residence for Sigrid and Jill.

After dealing with the follow-up matters, Gordon began to implement his own counterattack plan.

The twin siblings unexpectedly set the real target on Gordon, which made him flustered.So.In accordance with the fine tradition of reciprocating courtesy, Gordon had to give back some gifts.

The castle courtyard in the dark night was now illuminated by countless torches as bright as day.The redstone guards held the weapons that were still bleeding, and temporarily detained the attackers who survived by chance, waiting to be dealt with.After Gordon arrived, Hernandez, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward and knelt down on one knee in shame.

"My lord. This time it was my negligence. I didn't find out the real plan of the Aldrich family."

After clearing away all the attackers, Hernandez was in a good mood.With his intelligence.The lord was able to defuse the attack with ease, which made Hernandez believe that his stepping stone was very successful, and he should be able to gain a foothold in the Freeman family smoothly in the future.

Unexpectedly, just after gathering all the prisoners, he heard the news that Gordon was attacked in the room.Suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

I waited anxiously until Gordon appeared.He immediately stepped forward to plead guilty.

It would be fine if the lord just blamed himself for negligence.But if the young Earl of Haven suspects that his defection is fake, and that he is actually serving as an internal response to the Aldrich family, it will be troublesome.

Gordon looked at Hernandez, who had an uneasy expression, and even cold sweat broke out on his forehead, waved his hand and said, "Get up, I believe in you."

Although he said so, in fact, Gordon really believed it.be yourself.He believed that his spells would not go wrong, and Hernandez was really willing to betray the Aldridge family.Take refuge in yourself.

"I won't say much else, come and see if you recognize this woman." Gordon said to Hernandez.

Two guards carried the tiefling female assassin, whose veil had been torn off, into the courtyard.

Hernandez carefully looked at the other party's pretty face, shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before. I can guarantee that before I left Black Iron City, there was no such woman working for the Aldrich family."

Gordon described the strength and combat characteristics of the tiefling female assassin in detail, and said to Hernandez: "If you think about it carefully, maybe she has been staying in the Aldrich family in a disguised state. "

The Arcane Shadow Thief dug through the memories in his mind carefully, but shook his head: "No. According to what you said, this female assassin is very strong, even stronger than the dead Royanster. And the cavalryman The captain has always been the strongest fighter in the Aldrich family. I am afraid that no one has the strength of this tiefling woman except the King of Haven himself."

Gordon asked the captives to come up one by one to confirm the identity of the female assassin, but still no one knew.Because Gordon had administered a lie detector test to himself, he knew the captives were telling the truth.

"It seems that this tiefling female assassin is from the Aldrich family... No, to be precise, it is a foreign aid that Hansel and Greda brothers and sisters have recruited temporarily." Gordon said in a deep voice.

"Hernandez, you have done a good job this time, and you will officially take office tomorrow."

Hearing Gordon's words, Hernandez froze for a moment.This time I made such a big mistake and deserved to be punished. Who knew that the lord didn't take it seriously and just ignored it? "

Gordon patted Hernandez on the shoulder: "My lord security officer, if any of those captives recognized the identity of the tiefling female assassin, it means that she was once staying in Aldrich It is a major dereliction of duty that your intelligence network did not find out, and I will definitely punish you. But since this woman is an outsider who just appeared not long ago, it is beyond your ability to detect her identity Naturally, I will not blame you for the fault. After all, the twin brothers and sisters played really unexpected this time. But it is a pity that the thugs they recruited are still too weak, and only caused some It's just trouble."

In fact, Hernandez understood that if he encountered assassins today, if he were replaced by other nobles, he might ignore them immediately and punish a group of subordinates first.There are probably very few nobles like Gordon who are willing to calmly analyze the problem.

Compared to that kind of interest, he rewards his subordinates without asking why.A nobleman who punishes his subordinates vigorously when he gets angry, and acts according to his personal likes and dislikes, Hernandez is obviously more willing to work for a lord like Gordon who always maintains reason and objectivity.

After solving the tiefling female assassin.Gordon took Hernandez to the place where Master Simon was being held.

The heavyweight darling of the King of Haven has been quite honest recently, at most complaining from time to time that his food is too bad and the portions are too small.Although he has a problem with his IQ, he at least understands his current situation.

Seeing Gordon coming in, he immediately groaned and shouted, "I'm so hungry, do you have supper?"

But after seeing Hernandez behind Gordon.Young Master Roshan immediately beamed with joy, and said with a smile, "Mr. Hernandez, why are you here? Is it because my father finally wants to take me back?"

Because he has been in the noble circle of Freyton all the year round.So Hernandez knew many tricks of eating, drinking and having fun in the upper class of the empire.When he was in the Aldrich family before, he often used these to make Simon happy, which won the favor of the young master.

But now, Simon found out.The Mr. Hernandez who I was familiar with always looked at me with a smile on his face.has disappeared.Instead, there was another man with a dagger in his hand and a gloomy face.

He could barely recognize Hernandez's expression.

The latter looked at Young Master Roshan, and sighed secretly in his heart: "This knife will completely break with the Aldrich family. It will also completely offend Abel."

After sighing for a moment about his past, Hernandez gritted his teeth and walked forward quickly, waving a cold light in his hand.Qi Gen cut off Simon's left ear.

As an excellent thief, Hernandez is naturally very proficient in using daggers.This knife goes down.Clean and neat, without any muddy feeling.So much so that Simon was stunned for a while before he felt the sharp pain in his ears.

The young master Simon Aldrich, who was as fat as a pig, naturally let out a scream like a fat pig.Mrs. Dai Na walked in and used divine magic to quickly stop the bleeding.It wasn't until the pain of the wound was no longer so severe and began to form scars that Simon recovered from the state of howling and rolling all over the floor in pain.

"My lord, I'm going first." Mrs. Dana saluted Gordon.

In the past, Mrs. Dana also came to see Simon a few times because he regularly checked his physical condition.She was so sick of Simon exploring her body with undisguised greed that she couldn't stay in the room for a second longer.

Gordon sealed the bloody ear and a written letter in a metal box, and then ordered someone to deliver it to the King of Haven.After the other party knew about the attack that was out of his control and caused his son to lose an ear, he would definitely be furious.And because Gordon held Simon's life in his hands, Mr. Abel dared not take his anger out on him, so he could only teach his twin daughters a lesson.

In fact, Hansel and Greta's plan for this attack was well calculated.

If the main purpose of assassinating Gordon is achieved, then the biggest enemy of the Aldrich family will disappear and Simon will be rescued. The power and status of the two who have made great achievements in the family will definitely increase greatly.

Even if the assassination of Gordon failed, as long as their secondary goals were accomplished, the result would be pretty good.If Simon died in the chaos, the siblings would become the sole heirs of the Aldrich family.At that time, no matter how angry Abel Aldrich is, he won't do anything to the two siblings.

Not to mention the cliché that "a tiger's poison does not eat its children".Abel Aldrich was a man with the ambition to build a country and become king.He must know that a kingdom must have an heir in order to be able to stabilize and unite the hearts of the people.

Unfortunately, the two goals of Hansel and Greta were not achieved.

Hernandez silently wiped the bloody dagger clean and put it back on his waist.He saw Simon staring at him with extremely resentful eyes, and knew that he had completely offended the King of Haven now.But it doesn't matter, anyway, he has decided to serve the new lord wholeheartedly, so it's no big deal to offend his previous employer.And this way, Gordon can feel more at ease.

It was also out of consideration of gaining Gordon's trust that Hernandez took the initiative to take the task of removing the ears of Young Master Simon.

The things Gordon sent were placed on Abel Aldrich's desk the next morning.After he saw the bloody ear.There was a sudden jump in my heart, and there was an ominous premonition.After reading Gordon's letter to him, the furious King of Haven smashed his desk to pieces.

on the letter.Gordon accused Abel of reneging on his promise, refusing to obediently deliver supplies to redeem his son, and instead resorted to despicable methods to attack the castle, causing heavy losses and so on.Finally, as a warning, one of Simon's ears was cut off and a statement was made.If he violates the agreement, then his precious son will be unloaded into tiny parts and sent back.

"This damn Gordon Freeman! How did he become a nobleman?" Abel Aldridge cursed.When he was a pirate before, he also did a lot of kidnapping.Naturally, he is familiar with this method of using the body of the kidnapped to intimidate his family.He just didn't expect it.A young earl of the empire would actually use this kind of threat without aristocratic demeanor.

But it can also be seen from it that Gordon is serious.

"Come on! Let Hansel and Greta come to see me!" Abel yelled.

He recalled the abnormal manpower transfer in the family a few days ago, and immediately made this attack without his knowledge.Connected with twin siblings.

"Hmph! Those two brats. The reason for such self-assertion is definitely not because they care about their imprisoned elder brother. I want them to pay the price for their daring!" The king of Haiwen's fists were clenched. .

However, he soon received a report from his servants, saying that Master Hansel and Miss Greeda had left Black Iron City yesterday, and they did not know where they went.

Abel Aldrich suddenly felt distraught, and his face became more and more gloomy.

The loss Gordon caused last time has not recovered, and now his two children have ulterior motives.He found the situation more and more difficult.But now, he could only appease Gordon temporarily.Make sure Simon is safe, then think about it.

The King of Haven continues to execute his deal with Gordon.And after this incident, in order not to cause accidents, he accelerated the speed of raising supplies, and finally, three days later, all the things Gordon requested arrived at the pass of the Isthmus of Cork.

The King of Haiwen personally escorted the supplies to the Isthmus of Cork, and saw a brand new military fortress from a distance, guarding the entire isthmus, blocking his way to the south.

"They are both mages, why are my two children so useless!"

The King of Haiwen looked at the pass with mixed feelings in his heart.Such a military facility, with the military strength in its hands, even if the elite cavalry is still there, unless a large siege machine is built, it is almost impossible to conquer.Although he hated Gordon very much, he had to admire the Earl of Haven's methods in his heart.

Abel Aldrich forgot that not long ago, he praised Hansel and Greta every day as rare spellcasting geniuses, the pride and hope of the Aldrich family.

The change in his mentality can only be explained by "people are deader than others".Compared with Gordon, the sons and daughters who once made the King of Haiwen proud are much worse.

Fortunately, the only thing that comforts the King of Haiwen is that although the pass that blocks his southward passage is strong, as long as the fleet returns, his army can easily bypass this place and attack those behind Gordon. undefended place.

"Gorden is still a little young after all. The pass he spent a lot of effort on building will soon become a useless decoration."

Today, the King of Haven personally escorted the last batch of goods. Of course, Gordon couldn't be rude, and he also personally escorted the precious heavyweight goods—that is, Master Simon, who had lost one ear, to the Isthmus of Cork.

Both sides are very wary, but they are separated by a long distance and start to deliver goods to each other.

"Mr. Abel Aldrich, as you wished, I have delivered your son intact." Gordon shouted to the opposite side with amplifying technique.

"Hmph! It's not guaranteed to be intact!" The King of Haiwen snorted coldly.Although he doesn't know spells, he is powerful and his voice is naturally loud enough for Gordon to hear him in the distance.

He looked at Simon's face with one ear missing, and he was still brooding in his heart.

"Father..." Simon stood in front of Abel Aldrich's horse, crying loudly.

Looking at his son, the king of Haiwen who has experienced the bloody storm of pirates, he couldn't help but feel sad at this time.He sighed and said, "Don't cry, we'll talk about everything when we get home."

Although his mind was a little bit weak, but Master Simon still obeyed his father's words very much, immediately wiped away his tears and remained silent.

It is precisely because of this well-behaved appearance in front of his father that he can be doted on by the King of Haven, so that both Hansel and Greta feel that their status is threatened by a mentally handicapped.

So, maybe Young Master Simon is as wise as a fool.

The two sides are now in a state of hostility. Now that the son is in hand, the King of Haven is not going to talk nonsense with Gordon.If it weren't for the fact that the opponent was heavily guarded, he would have jumped up and killed that mage on the spot, once and for all.

However, Gordon seemed reluctant to part with the "friendship" between the two, and before parting, he gave an extra gift.

"Are you... Larry?" Looking at the thin lycanthropist in front of him, the King of Haven asked.He had the impression that this little man was in charge of receiving Gordon and his party in the Black Iron City.He thought he had died at the hands of Gordon in the chaos that followed, but he was still alive.

"Respected King of Haven." Gordon said, "You can ask Master Simon and Larry after you go back. They know some secrets about Hansel and Greta, and you should be very interested."

Gordon believed that the hidden dangers he planted for the Aldridge family would soon sprout and blossom. (To be continued..)